@tmcd35 Aye, it's why I've avoided watching anything other than the first trailer last year. I've stopped doing it with all cinematic games now - though given the studios seem to be giving up on them, there's less to dodge. Reply0

@minky-kong They either don't realise, or don't care, that a large proportion of gamers are not grinders who want to sit online or spend hours finding berries or crafting weapons. I've been a gamer all my life, but I'm now 27 years old working a pretty frantic full time job. So I like to have a focused, single player campaign with good story telling. Reply+1

I just hope they don't go down the route of forcing an open world Ubi-Soft style map, or going down the Horizon Zero Dawn route. People complaining about cinematics confuse me, story driven games are becoming harder and harder to come by for people like me who just like a good linear narrative. Instead, it's becoming watered down in the world of ever increasing open world games where story missions are miles and miles apart, and the narrative impact is lost amidst the need to level up, craft and grind on side missions. Reply+7

Wow, the dicks have certainly appeared on here. Yes, damn those unsuspecting people who spent their hard earned money on a product that was being sold at the time. Of course it's their fault for not subscribing to Amazon Prime so that they could get the latest release in free next day delivery, it all makes sense now.

The way I feel about this is the way I feel about the Dark Tower books. The way I look at it, Dark Tower (and Mass Effect) were all about the journey. I'm not convinced the ending would ever have satisfied everyone. Reply+2

@Darksouls13 Are you implying that somehow female characters cannot be "developed"? Whatever you think of Metroid: Other M, giving Samus some story was not a bad thing. Lara, also, needs a compelling raison d'etre, and I am looking forward to Square's direction. Reply-3

Wow, talk about the cold shoulder. Whatever the technicalities of employment law, or whether or not you actually liked Game, these are people who are now unemployed, who have rent to pay, bills to pay, possibly a family to support. So much for the solidarity of the "gaming community". I think it's disgusting that there isn't a legislative framework in place that gives compensation or redundancy pay. Maybe that's because I'm a naive socialist, or maybe it's just because I, y'know, actually have a heart. Reply+2

I loved the original. Yes it was flawed, but it had a charm that I often think is lost in video games when we're busy shooting Russians and anonymous peoples of Middle Eastern descent in the face. Plus I loved some of the nostalgia that the developers clearly have for the Disney franchise, as a geek of Disney, I shared in it. Reply+5

All this complaining about how the Americans can't handle being the bad guys from a British forum that can't handle being the bad guys. I am British, by the way, but I wonder if we're actually mature enough to handle being portrayed as anything other than Pryce and Soap.

We have to remember, if we're going to break this down into a childish good guys/bad guys dichotomy, we were very much the bad guys in the Revolutionary War. The Boston Massacre, the Intolerable Acts, taxation without representation, forcing the war debts of the French and Indian Wars onto the Colonies - these aren't actions I'm particularly proud of. But in any case, I think it would be unwise to meander so unnecessarily into this dichotomy.

People complaining about fighting the British obviously ignore the first Assassin's Creed where the Crusaders were English. I can't wait for this game, it's an era that fascinates me and I don't think has ever been done in a video game before (certainly not in recent history). Reply0

Am I the only one somewhat bothered by the fact that the "I can't believe people only buy COD and no other games" crowd are also the same ones who say "I'll pick this up, but later, when it's cheaper and inevitably crashed out of the charts".

I'll be buying this today. I know it's probably not a perfect game, but it looks very promising, really enjoyed the demo, and hope to support new and original IP. Reply+12

Perhaps what he was getting at was single-player driven games. You've seen it a lot over the last few years, devs emphasing the social over the local. Take EA and their approach to multiplayer and "shared experience", they argue it's like keeping the sea out with a mop. Games like Skyrim, not that it's one I particularly enjoyed myself, are at least bucking the trend, and I suspect there's something important in that message. Reply+10

@RawShark - it frees up your hands insofar as you're not having to balance the back of the 3DS unit with the back of your left hand, which is what you had to do with the old DS stylus intensive games like Metroid Prime Hunters. To the extent that you no longer have to do that, I can see what he means by freeing up your hands. Does this mean I think it's ideal? No, but it's one way to play, I guess. Reply+2

I'm genuinely interested as to whether or not this was boosted by the Game/Gamestation loss leader price cut to £22.49? It was certainly the reason I bought it - I had planned to hold out longer into the New Year so to get it properly patched, but it was such an attractive price I couldn't say no. I can't be alone in that decision, surely? Reply0

I actually really liked the original. Sure, it was frustrating at times, and there were a couple of levels with really bad game design, but on the whole I enjoyed the whole experience, and I can't fault the developer for trying an art style that was a bit more original for a change. Reply+1

This is what concerns me about an "all-digital" future. As far as I can see, there is little regulation in the digital space for consumers to not be the mercy of the monopoly. Anti-trust legislation is seeming in its infancy in this area. Reply+5

This faux-outrage is rather reminiscent of the recent "squabble" over a single screenshot of the Dark Knight Rises, which shows Tom Hardy's Bane in a coat - indeed, those same people threw a strop when Heath Ledger was offered the role of Joker in the Dark Knight.

A haircut is not going to determine whether or not this game is good, just like a coat is not going to determine whether or not a film is good. Reply+5

I can remember defending the Wii back when it was just a picture of the Wii Remote, and there was a lot of dislike for it then. I thought that, for example, a game like Rome Total War would be brilliant with the Wii Remote, as you could use it as a pointer. Unfortunately, it seems that those kind of approaches, eschewing unnecessary 'innovations' (ie. waggle), for an input device were ignore, and instead we ended up with games that were either butchered because of appalling controls (a la Twilight Princess) or that simply ignored them altogether (NSMW, Donkey Kong Country, even Mario Galaxy etc.).

It's such a shame that the creativity just disappeared. The question is, do I hold out for the Wii U in the hope that they start taking some risks again, and come up with some new, interesting content? Reply+11